The Richmond Racial Equity group will be conducting a book group discussion series in September and October, focusing on the groundbreaking 2020 book “me and white supremacy” by Layla F. Saad. (Visit the book’s own website here: https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/) Our sessions will take place on Thursday evenings at 7 via Zoom. Our first meeting will be… Read More »
The Richmond Racial Equity group is going to do a pilot of a story circles evening on Wednesday, September 2. What to expect? The Story Circle is made up of 8 participants in addition to a volunteer facilitator. The story prompt is shared in advance, but no preparation is needed. Participants share their stories in… Read More »
From WCAX.com: “Vermont State Police traffic stop data shows continued racial disparities” The raw data cited in the WCAX article can be found here: https://vsp.vermont.gov/communityaffairs/trafficstops (2019 numbers updated as of August 18, 2020)
Links to the other two hearings were posted earlier – click here.
Would you like to make a difference in supporting racial equity in Vermont? One easy way to do this is by shopping at Black-owned businesses and financially supporting Black-owned organizations. Richmond Racial Equity will periodically be posting Black-owned Vermont businesses to shop at, as well as Black-owned organizations and fundraisers, in Front Porch Forum. This… Read More »
The Vermont House Government Operations and House Judiciary Committees will be co-hosting virtual meetings on August 16 to obtain input from community members on proposed changes to law enforcement in Vermont. >Click here to sign up to speak this Sunday They allot 2 minutes for each person to speak. >Click here to fill out the… Read More »
Upcoming policy-related events! 2/11-VOTE- In case you still haven’t voted, the Black Perspective of VT has officially endorsed a few candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor: For Governor: Rebecca Holcombe, and David Zuckerman For Lt. Governor: Tim Ashe, Brenda Siegel This group will be moving toward aggregating and sharing more candidate information (around their stance… Read More »
VPR’s “Brave Little State” podcast asked the question “How can a state that is 94% white do better in supporting its citizens of color?” Vermonter persons of color weighed in with their answers. https://www.vpr.org/post/how-support-vermonters-color-listen-us#stream/0
Richmond Racial Equity team member Rebecca Starks will be leading a four-week online discussion on the subject of The 1619 Project, an ongoing effort by the New York Times to reframe American political, social, and economic history and place the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of our national… Read More »